In your DIYs, you may run into imperfect material from time to time. This can potentially be the case with plywood, where, even before you've put too much weight on your shelves, their edges are ...

The Honest Chair’s organic shape was inspired by the curvaceous designs of Frank Gehry. The complex construction process starts with a hand-cut foam prototype that provides the mold for the plywood ...

Dezeen Showroom: the Upon chair, created by Belgian designer Sylvain Willenz for Zilio A&C, features a curved plywood backrest that appears to rest atop its tubular metal frame without screws or ...

Having just discovered that my beloved PadPivot iPad stand also works great with a closed MacBook Air (the 13-inch), you’d have a hard time convincing me to buy another iPad stand, especially one ...

Woodturning is often associated with bowls, spindles, and classic forms — but this project challenges convention. The woven plywood stool pushes the limits of what’s possible when wood is shaped, bent ...

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a house in Melbourne with a curved roof and textured concrete walls designed by LLDS Architects. Called Northcote House, the home is slotted into ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Plywood is cheap. That, along with its strength, is its strength, but also, ironically, its weakness. The history of ...